Lady Gaga confirms that she will play Harley Quinn in the musical sequel to ‘Joker’

After months of speculation, Lady Gaga herself has been the one to confirm that she will act with Joaquin Phoenix in the long-awaited sequel to ‘Joker’, which will premiere on October 4, 2024exactly five years after the debut of the first tape.

Unlike the serious tone of the original film, this sequel It will be a musical titled ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ (‘Locura de Dos’, in Spanish), which will be directed again by Todd Phillips and in which Gaga is expected to play Harley Quinn, the Joker’s partner in crime.

the singer, who She was already nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for ‘A Star Is Born’published a simple tweet with the release date of the film, but did not elaborate on his role.

The script for the sequel is expected Delve deeper into the relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn. In fact, his own title, ‘Folie à Deux’ (‘Madness of Two’in Spanish), refers to a disorder in which two or more people share psychiatric symptoms, usually delusions.

The first news about the film came on June 7 when Phillips uploaded a photo of the film’s script to his Instagram profile along with another snapshot in which Phoenix himself appeared reading that same script.

The first installment of ‘Joker’, released in 2019was a resounding box office success that earned more than 1,000 million dollars worldwide and received 11 Oscar nominations, something very unusual for a film based on a comic book.

phoenixacclaimed for recreating the mental disorders that forged the personality of the Joker, won the award for best leading actor. The attractiveness of both stars is decisive for the Warner Bros studio to be able to revive interest in the DC Comics franchise, after a series of somewhat deflated premieres, such as the new version of ‘The Suicide Squad’ (The Suicide Squad) or the lukewarm reception that had ‘Birds of Prey’ (Birds of prey).

This same week, the factory decided to cancel the premiere of ‘Batgirl’ without further explanation and after investing 90 million dollars in its filming.